Sex Week to be most provocative yet

Taylor Ervin, RedEye

Northwestern University's college feminists are set to launch their sixth-annual Sex Week on Monday, April 9. The annual week-long event is aimed at sparking conversations about sex and sexuality among students.

This year's line-up features a diverse set of speakers and performers including a panel on sex in Hip-Hop called "Wait Till You See My D!ck" and a slam poetry open-mic night.

"Conversations like the ones we'll be having during Sex Week open the door for greater understanding and acceptance and by presenting these really important topics in a smart, sensitive, and entertaining way, we hope to reach our campus community and beyond," said Sex Week co-chair Amanda Mather in a news release April 3. "Sex Week has a unique ability to host this dialogue, as a religiously and politically unaffiliated group. We aren't afraid to present something contentious and we always seek to provide relevant, and engaging content with something that appeals to everyone."

According to a statement released by Sex Week organizers, this year Sex Week will offer "its most provocative set of events yet." Sex Week co-chair Kelsey Sheridan hopes that more controversial events that address the LGBT community and other marginalized groups like feminism and submission in BDSM culture will help create a more inclusive discussion of sexuality.

"[BDSM] is something that even within this really liberal, progressive, sex positive community can sometimes be ignored," Sheridan said.

The Sex Week committee actively sought to create a more controversial set of programs as a way to address the now infamous "f*** saw" incident that occurred last winter in Professor Michael Bailey's human sexuality class.

Bailey will also participate in Sex Week delivering a presentation on his homosexuality research.

All sex week activities are free and open to the public. The full calendar of events is listed below.